by Coach Stazza | Aug 6, 2019 | Featured, Training
Last week, we outlined the problems with marathon plans and lazy/inept coaches, flirted with the endurance spine, and introduced one of my runners, Matthew The Chicken Slayer Maynard. We looked at how Matthew, as a relative beginner, made incredible gains in less than...
by Coach Stazza | Aug 2, 2019 | Featured, Training
A few weeks back, we had a look at one of my elite athletes, Aoife Cooke. Aoife’s grafting away to gain a place on the Irish team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (marathon) and the 2020 World Half Marathon Championships. Again, I was inundated with emails about various...
by Tawny Bybee | Jul 31, 2019 | Race Reports, Training
Race recap by Brandon Dase — Just after the race on Saturday, a feeling of disappointment started to set in. “The voice” in my head was working me over pretty good. You see, just like most people, I have an ego and I’m on a quest to master it....
by Tawny Bybee | Jul 26, 2019 | Race Reports, Training
I chose the Des News half mostly because Dustin was running the full and last year I raced the Des News 10k and had a great experience. It was well organized and good competition. This was my first time doing the half. The race started at 6:00, but the buses loaded...
by Coach Stazza | Jul 19, 2019 | Featured, Inspiration, Race Reports, Training
Stazzalife Saturday—Late afternoon—Spanish sunshine El Chiringuito. Raybans. Chilled glass of Rosado. Some of the toughest jazz-funk I’ve heard in years. Stazzakids giving it root-toot on inflatables. Glints of sunlight sparkle on the shimmering sea. Right now, the...
by Coach Stazza | Jul 17, 2019 | Featured, Inspiration, Training
On Monday, I posted in Stazza’s Stable about recovery runs. The post triggered some great discussion/excuses/explanations, and general jollinessiocity. Here’s the post… Stablemates, especially those in Utah, read carefully… I was going to post this...